Consider this Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) tr…
Consider this Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) transfer rule payment policy: Two facilities share the MS-DRG total payment for care of a transferred patient. To which of the patient transfer scenarios shown below does this payment policy apply?
Read DetailsMS-DRG 901 has a relative weight (RW) of 4.1536. The hospita…
MS-DRG 901 has a relative weight (RW) of 4.1536. The hospital’s adjusted base rate is $7340.00. Using the Inpatient Prospective Payment (IPPS) formula, what is the hospital’s expected payment for a patient assigned to MS-DRG 901?
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Which of the following case or cases qualifies as surgical within MDC 05 and why? Patient A is treated for an acute myocardial infarction. During the inpatient hospital stay, a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is performed in the operating room. Patient B is treated for an acute myocardial infarction; testing procedures were performed during the stay.
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